polysectarian

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ sectarian.

Adjective

polysectarian (comparative more polysectarian, superlative most polysectarian)

1. Composed of many sects.
   • 1919, The Dublin Review, Ed. Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, publ. W. Spooner, v.165, pg. 151:

     In time it became as impossible for polyglot and polysectarian America to provide a common religious standard for her public schools as for her Army or her railways.

   • 1974, Pakistan Horizon, Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, v.27, pg. 19:

     The reason for this are to be found in the polysectarian nature of Lebanon with the largest sect being a minority of the total population.

   • 2007, George Mousourakis, A Legal History of Rome, →ISBN, page 156:

     However, Byzantium, like the Roman Empire, remained a polyglot, multinational and polysectarian state during the greater part of its existence.

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